#icegiants — Public Fediverse posts

Inside the ice giants, a layer exists of familiar rains and snows...and often at a pressure range that wouldn't require spacesuits! Could these planets harbor environments that are shockingly Earth-like?

More thoughts at my #blog: https://adamasnemesis.com/2025/12/14/another-earth-in-the-depths-of-neptune/

This post's featured image is Neptune and Triton seen on departure by Voyager 2.

#worldbuilding #science #astronomy #habitability #planetaryhabitability #icegiants #planetaryscience #gasgiants #atmospheres #oxygen

Inside the ice giants, a layer exists of familiar rains and snows...and often at a pressure range that wouldn't require spacesuits! Could these planets harbor environments that are shockingly Earth-like?

More thoughts at my #blog: https://adamasnemesis.com/2025/12/14/another-earth-in-the-depths-of-neptune/

This post's featured image is Neptune and Triton seen on departure by Voyager 2.

#worldbuilding #science #astronomy #habitability #planetaryhabitability #icegiants #planetaryscience #gasgiants #atmospheres #oxygen

Inside the ice giants, a layer exists of familiar rains and snows...and often at a pressure range that wouldn't require spacesuits! Could these planets harbor environments that are shockingly Earth-like?

More thoughts at my #blog: https://adamasnemesis.com/2025/12/14/another-earth-in-the-depths-of-neptune/

This post's featured image is Neptune and Triton seen on departure by Voyager 2.

#worldbuilding #science #astronomy #habitability #planetaryhabitability #icegiants #planetaryscience #gasgiants #atmospheres #oxygen

Inside the ice giants, a layer exists of familiar rains and snows...and often at a pressure range that wouldn't require spacesuits! Could these planets harbor environments that are shockingly Earth-like?

More thoughts at my #blog: https://adamasnemesis.com/2025/12/14/another-earth-in-the-depths-of-neptune/

This post's featured image is Neptune and Triton seen on departure by Voyager 2.

#worldbuilding #science #astronomy #habitability #planetaryhabitability #icegiants #planetaryscience #gasgiants #atmospheres #oxygen

Inside the ice giants, a layer exists of familiar rains and snows...and often at a pressure range that wouldn't require spacesuits! Could these planets harbor environments that are shockingly Earth-like?

More thoughts at my #blog: https://adamasnemesis.com/2025/12/14/another-earth-in-the-depths-of-neptune/

This post's featured image is Neptune and Triton seen on departure by Voyager 2.

#worldbuilding #science #astronomy #habitability #planetaryhabitability #icegiants #planetaryscience #gasgiants #atmospheres #oxygen

Fresh JWST view of Uranus taken Oct 6 2025 with NIRCam.

Full size & more info: https://flic.kr/p/2rByidu
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Andrea Luck CC BY

Proposal PI: Varun Bajaj
Proposal ID: 8975
Filters: F150W2-F162M, F410M

#Uranus #JWST #Space #Astronomy #Solarocks #IceGiants #Astrodon

Planetary Alignment Provides NASA Rare Opportunity to Study Uranus https://www.nasa.gov/general/planetary-alignment-provides-nasa-rare-opportunity-to-study-uranus/ #NASA #General #IceGiants #LangleyResearchCenter #PlanetaryScienceDivision #Uranus

A neat story by @DrCarpineti: "'This is the quadfecta, completing the set of observing auroral emissions from all of the four giant planets in the infrared. We knew it should be there since Neptune has all the ingredients you need to create aurorae, but we were never able to detect it using telescopes on the ground.'"

https://www.iflscience.com/neptunes-lost-aurorae-first-hinted-at-36-years-ago-has-been-captured-for-first-time-78562

#PlanetaryScience #Neptune #GiantPlanets #IceGiants #SolarSystem

Interesting idea, and timely with recent Uranus probe discussions.

Preprint reports that regular cadence radio range data measurements to an Ice Giants probe during interplanetary travel, could yield some interesting gravitational wave (micro-Hz regime) science!

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.02306

#Uranus #SpaceProbes #IceGiants #Astrodon

2/2

To celebrate this Cloudy Ice Giant, I created a quick animation using the last three images of Uranus taken by ESA/NASA #JWST Space Telescope.

Full size images and more info here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAgNJy

The images in the animation were taken during a period of 1 year:

1) 2023/02/06 https://flic.kr/p/2oUiuJJ
2) 2023/09/04 https://flic.kr/p/2pnVhGY
3) 2024/02/06 https://flic.kr/p/2pwQ1en

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY

#Space #Uranus #Astronomy #IceGiants #Space #Solarocks

A new image of #Uranus just dropped on https://mast.stsci.edu !!!

Full size image & More info: https://flic.kr/p/2pwQ1en

NASA/ESA JWST Webb Space Telescope
Title: Uranus high spatial resolution global map from NIRCam
Time: 2024-02-06
Filters: F182M, F410M, F210M, F480M
Proposal PI: Naomi Rowe-Gurney
Proposal ID 2768

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
#Space #Uranus #Astronomy #IceGiants #Space #Solarocks

Uranus - NASA/ESA JWST Webb Space Telescope 🪐

#astronomy #esa #hubble #icegiants #jwst #nasa #saturn #space

⏩ 2 new pictures from @andrealuck https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20231226110054

Rings everywhere! My version of the latest image of Uranus from JWST!

Full size image: https://flic.kr/p/2pnVhGY

Target: Uranus
NASA/ESA JWST Webb Space Telescope
Instrument: NIRCAM
Time: 2023-09-04
Filters: F140, F300, F210, F460
Proposal PI: Pontoppidan, Klaus M.
Proposal ID: 2739
Colourised near infrared image

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck
#Uranus #IceGiants #Space #Astronomy #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks

Rings everywhere! My version of Uranus from JWST!

Full size image: https://flic.kr/p/2oUiuJJ

NASA/ESA JWST Webb Space Telescope
Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Uranus
Time: 2023-02-06
Filters: F140, F300
Product IDs:
jw02739-o003_t002_nircam_clear-f140m
jw02739-o003_t002_nircam_clear-f300m
Proposal PI: Pontoppidan, Klaus M.
Proposal ID: 2739

#Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy #Uranus #IceGiants #JWST
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck

Zoom in on my Neptune from JWST Data.

Full size image: https://flic.kr/p/2oMuAm7

NASA/ESA - #JWST Webb Space Telescope
Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Neptune
Filter: F140M, F210M, F300M, F460M
Time: 2022-07-12
Proposal PI: Pontoppidan, Klaus M
Proposal ID: 2739

#Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy #Neptune #IceGiants
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck

Rings everywhere! My version of Neptune and Triton from JWST.

Full size image: https://flic.kr/p/2oMuAm7

NASA/ESA - #JWST Webb Space Telescope
Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Neptune
Filter: F140M, F210M, F300M, F460M
Time: 2022-07-12
Proposal PI: Pontoppidan, Klaus M
Proposal ID: 2739

#Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy #Neptune #IceGiants
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck

@bibianaprinoth I study the origin and evolution of #atmospheres in our #solarsystem from thin cold KBO atmospheres like #Pluto to our gas giants and #IceGiants

Regarding the #NewHorizons mission in the #KuiperBelt some more #LPSC2023-related links:

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1263.pdf On the Properties and Origin of Kuiper Belt Object #Arrokoth’s Large Mounds

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1286.pdf Is #TruePolarWander Recorded in #Pluto’s Ancient Geology?

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1787.pdf How Widespread are the Bladed Terrains on Pluto?

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1549.pdf Exploring #IceGiants at High Phase with New Horizons

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20230314
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/03/14/pluto-team-updates-science-from-the-solar-systems-edge/
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2023/03/15/the-latest-from-new-horizons/

Regarding the #NewHorizons mission in the #KuiperBelt some more #LPSC2023-related links:

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1263.pdf On the Properties and Origin of Kuiper Belt Object #Arrokoth’s Large Mounds

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1286.pdf Is #TruePolarWander Recorded in #Pluto’s Ancient Geology?

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1787.pdf How Widespread are the Bladed Terrains on Pluto?

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1549.pdf Exploring #IceGiants at High Phase with New Horizons

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20230314
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/03/14/pluto-team-updates-science-from-the-solar-systems-edge/
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2023/03/15/the-latest-from-new-horizons/

Regarding the #NewHorizons mission in the #KuiperBelt some more #LPSC2023-related links:

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1263.pdf On the Properties and Origin of Kuiper Belt Object #Arrokoth’s Large Mounds

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1286.pdf Is #TruePolarWander Recorded in #Pluto’s Ancient Geology?

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1787.pdf How Widespread are the Bladed Terrains on Pluto?

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1549.pdf Exploring #IceGiants at High Phase with New Horizons

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20230314
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/03/14/pluto-team-updates-science-from-the-solar-systems-edge/
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2023/03/15/the-latest-from-new-horizons/

We definitely needed a bigger room for the #AGU22 #IceGiants session. Standing room only thanks to the excitement for the #Decadal recommendation of a mission to #Uranus

Composite Image - Neptune and its World Triton

#NASA #Voyager2 1989

Full Size/more info: https://flic.kr/p/2nNJTdW

Raw data from: https://opus.pds-rings.seti.org

#Neptune #Icegiants #Space
©NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/AndreaLuck

Speaking of Neptune -
#NASA #Voyager2

Full Size/more info: https://flic.kr/p/2nNGEMn
1.131.575 km - 1989-08-24

Raw data from: https://opus.pds-rings.seti.org
id: vg-iss-2-n-c1136745

#Neptune #Icegiants #Space
©NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/AndreaLuck

Epic crescent #Neptune and #Triton as seen by #Voyager2

Full Size: https://flic.kr/p/2n8oEpV
8.988.249 km - 1989-08-31

If you're wondering where are the two Voyagers now click here: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

#Icegiants #Space #NASA
©NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/AndreaLuck